Author: Paul Massie
Date: 07:35:25 07/31/98
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On July 31, 1998 at 09:53:45, Torstein Hall wrote: >On July 31, 1998 at 07:25:07, Komputer Korner wrote: > >>On July 30, 1998 at 23:38:50, Torstein Hall wrote: >> >>> >>>On July 30, 1998 at 15:42:41, Paul Massie wrote: >>> >>>>Here's another possibility - Since CB7 uses an internet connection and you >>>>mentioned it crashed while downloading, perhaps the problem lies not in the base >>>>NT system, but in the IE addon files. I have had problems in the past >>>>installing software that depends on IE components. Since Internet Explorer has >>>>changed several times since NT 4.0 SP3 was released, it is sometimes necessary >>>>to download the latest version of IE from the Microsoft Web site and install it. >>>>It is critical to ensure that the IE files in the system are synchronized >>>>reasonably well with the similar files in the application. >>> >>>I have the same experience when installing Win CE services on a NT machine! >>>MS recomended to remove IE, then install, then reinstall SP 3 and at last >>>reinstall IE 4.0 >>>Quite a process to install progs. on the NT beast. :) >>> >>>Torstein >>>> >>>>On July 30, 1998 at 13:04:29, Torstein Hall wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 30, 1998 at 09:59:38, Komputer Korner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>< BIG SNIP > >>>>>> >>>>>>I just loaded the production version of CB 7 on my WIN NT 4 SP3 machine and >>>>>>clicked on the CB7i icon and went to the menu to get CB7 upgrade from ChessBase >>>>>>site and as it was downloading a file it crashed. It does this repeatedly. I >>>>>>sent the crash log file to Matthias at ChessBase and his reply was to reinstall >>>>>>WIN NT 4. I am NOT going to reinstall my operating system just because one >>>>>>program crashes on it. All my other windows chess programs and almost all the >>>>>>DOS ones run fine on my WIN NT system, so the fault must lie with CB 7. I notice >>>>>>that there was a separate version for CB 6 for WIN NT and wonder why there isn't >>>>>>one for CB 7. I like CB 7 a lot but is there anyone else who is running WIN NT 4 >>>>>>with CB 7? >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Komputer Korner >>>>> >>>>>I'm not running CB 7 on a NT machine, but I have installed some software on some >>>>>NT monsters and I have several times had to reinstall service pack 3 after >>>>>installing any software that used communication. Perhaps you should try that. >>>>> >>>>>Torstein >> >> >>This just goes to show that a separate CB 7 version should have been made for >>WIN NT 4. The user shouldn't have to do all this just because of 1 program. >>-- >>Komputer Korner > >I belive this is a NT 4.0 problem, not a Chessbase 7.0 problem! To me it looks >like NT do not protect its critical files! > >Torstein I agree with that assessment. One of the problems with NT is that it has been relatively stable while IE has been moving rapidly. Service Pack 3 has now been out for something like 10 months. In that time IE has made several major changes. Service Pack 4 is now testing and should be available sometime soon (maybe a couple of months) and that may bring them back into sync. If your NT was installed a few months ago it will probably need to be updated with the latest IE. One of the possible reasons this could affect CB 7 and not other programs is that most programs don't use the internet to do updates, but CB 7 does. I suspect that updating may use some of the IE components. If so, the Chessbase people probably used the latest versions of those components, and they may not play happily with older IE components on the system.
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